The UK government has promised to ban the 'rough sex' or 'sex game gone wrong' defence in court. Here's why that matters. 

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The ban on the ‘rough sex’ defence will be a feminist victory

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There are oceans, worlds, lightyears between a woman asking to be lightly choked or restrained during sex and a woman agreeing to being treated so brutally that she dies

The government has published an amendment that will ban the ‘sex game gone wrong’ defence from courts in England and Wales. Here’s why that matters. 

The ‘rough sex’ defence put dead women on trial – banning it is a feminist victory